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Nick Smith vs Ruth Jones

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Ruth Jones voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,120 shared comparable votes.

1,118 same votes 2 different votes 1,120 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
97 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 146 shared votes
97 Aye 49 No
57 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 126 shared votes
57 Aye 69 No
26 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
26 Aye 74 No
41 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 60 shared votes
41 Aye 19 No
35 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
97 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 146 shared votes
97 Aye 49 No
57 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 126 shared votes
57 Aye 69 No
26 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
26 Aye 74 No
41 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 60 shared votes
41 Aye 19 No
35 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
643
48.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
7 years, 5 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

95
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
125
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 649
Contributions
78
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API